Champagne BARNAUT à Bouzy depuis 1874

To be served only with a meal which it will accompany all
the way through. It can even be ventured with a cheese board
of strong tasting cheeses.

Presentation

The wine

Picked by hand, with selective screening on the bunch. It is
"Authentic" as its base is composed of wine derived from
maceration, either from Bouzy Rouge “saignée” (bleeding to
improve the liquid/solid ratio), or from the maceration of
years when the Champagne slopes were not worked (unlike
the Rosés blended from a white base tinted with a red
Champagne wine).

The vintage

Assembly of the year and grape variety. The amount of assembled wine is twice the volume bottled, the remaining part is kept in tanks as a base to assemble the next. Thus in time, you will find the "homemade taste" perfectly reproduced that characterizes this wine.

Situation

Grand Cru from terroirs de BOUZY, AMBONNAY et LOUVOIS

Terroir

Bouzy is a village of Grande Montagne de Reims, especially of the "Côte des Noirs (Coast of Blacks)" because stronghold of Pinot Noir.
On its slopes, vine grows on soils constituted of fragments of millstones, pebbles and sand mixed with clays of decalcification of millstones, resulting of runoff. Silts of the plate cover with a fertile coat the tops of hills, and old alluvium formed of sand, gravel and chalk pebbles.
It is well suited to the Champagne wine. Usually light in color, it provides in the day, in favor of the vine, a good reflection of the warmth and light. Rather thin, it is conducive to quality
The basement is chalk bélemnites upper Santonian (Campanian) and chalk micrasters Lower Senonian of the Marne.
Deposed by the seas of the end of the Mesozoic era, there was a few hundred million years the chalk of Cretaceous can go down to 200 meters deep. It absorbs heat and returns it. She did the same with water to regulate the absorption by vines that plunges its roots up to 3-4 meters deep.
The climate is generally that of the Paris Basin, with generally mild winters, uncertain spring, hot summers and cool autumns but usually quite beautiful.

In the vineyard

Vines grown on the principle of sustainable viticulture, using organic fertilizers, natural weed and other techniques to preserve the best of nature.
The old vines are no longer torn but maintained by inter-planting to preserve the diversity of genetic potential.

Winemaking

Picked by hand, with selective screening on the bunch. It is
"Authentic" as its base is composed of wine derived from
maceration, either from Bouzy Rouge “saignée” (bleeding to
improve the liquid/solid ratio), or from the maceration of
years when the Champagne slopes were not worked (unlike
the Rosés blended from a white base tinted with a red
Champagne wine). This Pinot Noir base is completed with
10% to 15% of very lively Chardonnay, in order to give it
finesse and lasting properties. Stock in vats and cellars: 3years. Dosage: 6 grams per litre.